[pstricks] PSTricks Digest, Vol 214, Issue 2

[John Was]

Thanks Herbert.  XeTeX still halts with 'Undefined control sequence' at

\psCircleText

I guess this means that I'll have to try something else!

Best wishes

John

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>    1. pst-text package in plain XeTeX (John Was)
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> From: John Was <johnoxuk at gmail.com>
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> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 11:51:10 +0000
> Subject: [pstricks] pst-text package in plain XeTeX
> In plain XeTeX I don't seem able to achieve outline text (as in the
> pst-text package).
>
> \input pst-text doesn't itself cause any error, but when I attempt to use
> it (e.g. copying some code from the pst-text manual) I get an error
> message.  Thus:
>
> \psCircleText[fil1co1or=blue!40,fontsize=lcm,font=He1vetica]{5,5){Al1 is
> Fun within the World}%
>
> yields 'Undefined control sequence' (for \psCircleText).  (I don't know if
> any of the following options would also be problematic, since this is as
> far as I get.)
>
> Is this a limitation of plain XeTeX as against XeLaTeX, or am I doing
> something wrong?
>
> Any other suggestions as to how to achieve outline text would be
> appreciated if this isn't going to work!
>
>
> Best
>
> John Waś
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> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 12:29:24 +0000
> Subject: Re: [pstricks] Simple example will not show figures...
> Jan, your code also worked fine for me.
>
> I think that there may be an issue with the special comments at the top.
> Seeing the log, as Herbert requested, will clear that up, but at least on
> my system
>
> % !TeX program = xelatex
>
> does not in fact cause it to use xelatex, but
>
> % !TEX program = xelatex
>
>
> Now if your code was being compiled with pdflatex instead of xelatex that
> might explain why it is not working. Again: seeing the log will clarify
> this, once and for all.
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> Luís Sequeira
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> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de>
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> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 17:17:00 +0100
> Subject: Re: [pstricks] pst-text package in plain XeTeX
>
>
> Am 07.02.21 um 12:51 schrieb John Was:
> > In plain XeTeX I don't seem able to achieve outline text (as in the
> > pst-text package).
> >
> > \input pst-text doesn't itself cause any error, but when I attempt to
> > use it (e.g. copying some code from the pst-text manual) I get an
> > error message.  Thus:
> >
> >
> \psCircleText[fil1co1or=blue!40,fontsize=lcm,font=He1vetica]{5,5){Al1isFunwithinthe
>
> > World}%
>
> three errors in such a short snippet of code ...
>
> \input{pst-text}
> \newrgbcolor{red!40}{0.4 0 0}% internally defined with xcolor
> \newrgbcolor{blue!40}{0 0 0.2}
>
> \pspicture(10,10)
> \psCircleText[fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
>      fontsize=7mm,font=Helvetica](5,5){Al1 is Fun within the World}%
> \endpspicture
>
> \bye
>
>
> filling doesn't  work with xetex
>
> Hebrert
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > yields 'Undefined control sequence' (for \psCircleText). (I don't know
> > if any of the following options would also be problematic, since this
> > is as far as I get.)
> >
> > Is this a limitation of plain XeTeX as against XeLaTeX, or am I doing
> > something wrong?
> >
> > Any other suggestions as to how to achieve outline text would be
> > appreciated if this isn't going to work!
> >
> >
> > Best
> >
> > John Waś *
> > *
> >
>
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